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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do new C formers handle their ties? Do kids wear the pre-tied clip on kind or is that just not a thing? Do people teach their kid how to tie a tie before school starts in case it comes undone during the day? Also, do any parents of older kids have suggestions on what you've found to be the most comfortable shirts and pants to buy that will hold up to the abuse that the boys put them through (we know about the exchange shop)?

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Welcome!  Some wear clip ons, some learn how to tie a tie, some have parents tie their tie, and quite a few wear turtlenecks the minute there is a chill well into warm spring.  As for clothes, we buy Landsend, great sales. [/quote]

Your son needs to learn how to tie a tie from Day 1.  YouTube can help if no one in the household can.  Second Lands End.  But really the best clothes are available at the STA Exchange.  It is a bit jarring to see Armani and Polo and Brooks and Press ties for $5, and you can easily score blazers for $20.  [/quote]

Most kids don't shop at the student exchange. That is not accurate to say they do. [/quote]

Correct   I don't know anyone who does and the one time I went the pickings for decent stuff was vey slim.  Most STA boys would never wear used clothing, it is an exceedingly wealthy school especially in many of the younger grades.  [/quote]

Umm I have two boys at STA and we love the exchange.  Not that it matters, but we are not on FA. I always shop at the exchange.   My boys don't care AT ALL, doesn't even cross their minds that their blazers, belts, etc are used.  And if anything, they get really stoked to find vintage tee shirts.  PP I hope you aren't really a parent and are just a troll.

To new families, the pp is not a typical parent.  Never thought about being judged for going to exchange, and don't care of I am, but really its those who don't who are missing out.  Used clothing makes so much sense for kids and adults.  Different conversation, but I never ever pay retail for anything, if it's $2,000.00 or $20, I find it for much cheaper.  Love free stuff too!  [/quote]

sorry---I did not mean to suggest that one shouldn't shop there.  We are not wealthy which is why I went there.  But I honestly don't know anyone who does--my son's classmates all spend a lot of money of clothing.  
My son's grade is exceedingly wealthy.  I honestly always wonder where all the down-to-earth STA posters on here are hiding during the school year.  We can't seem to find you and feel chronically out-of-place at school because we're not club members, don't have a CEO level job, don't have multiple homes, etc.  I'm sure I'll get trashed now but I'm being vulnerable so please be kind.  The wealth there is insane (and I have another kid at another top DC private).  [/quote]

PP I appreciate your response.  Our profiles are similar. I don't expect you to state what grade your son is in but I do wonder.  The DC private school world has become an increasingly flashy one, it didn't used to be that way.  There are plenty of families who are as you describe them but there are also families of varying backgrounds.  I'm sorry you haven't encountered them yet but you will.  And maybe you will run into some of the more down to earth families at the exchange, I'll be there.  Remember that water seeks it's own level.  Pettiness, meanness, and insecurity know no difference in a persons wealth.  I've seen these qualities in the richer parents and the not so rich.  Same with truly kind and secure people.  I know it's easier said than done but try not let the wealth get to you.  The St. Albans community on the whole is a nice one and again, on the whole, the teachers are wonderful.  [/quote]

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